I Live In
Slavutych, UkraineKyiv, Ukraine- Warsaw, Poland
I Work At
- Zibra AI as Product Owner
- d.kucherenko@zibra.ai work
- mail@kucherenko.net personal
I Wonder
why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways?
I Love
I Hate
Culture
- classical paintings
- meme sharing
- stickers instead of emojis
- productivity non-fiction books
- public debates
- influencers
- guilt-driven charity campaigns
- public proposals
- forced tipping
Food
- chocolate
- hashbrown
- sourdough bread
- double cheeseburger
- garlic
- walnuts
- eating junk food in private no witnesses
- cold pizza for breakfast
- white chocolate
- underripe avocado
-
toast bread
promises crunch
but delivers sadness - overcooked pasta
- liver
Beverages
- wine
- cappuccino
- green tea
- orange juice with pulp
- beer disgusting
- mineral water
- tea ceremonies
- cocktails with more garnish than liquid
- overcomplicated coffee orders It’s coffee, not a personality
Films
- fast intro or no intro
- late night cinema sessions
- depressed badass characters
- Alberto Mielgo's animation style
- series that end right when they should
- perfect soundtracks you listen to on repeat afterward
- exposition
- post-credit scenes let me go home :(
- cinema ads
- Pixar's animation style
- dubbed voice acting
- "based on a true story"
People
- people who know what they like or don't
- people who get shit done
- people who reply fast
- people who always agree to go out
- meaningful conversations, preferably scripted, in a series finale drama as long as it's not mine
- small talks
- people who type "hi" before typing next message
- people who complain a lot
- noisy people in cinemas
- bad breath
Animals
- cats
- mosquitoes
At Work
- delegating
- meetings that could have been knife fight
- working schedule
- "quick calls" that ruin my whole afternoon
Internet
- comment sections
- video tutorials without intro
- my website
- cookie notifications
- banners
- popups on popups on popups JUST FUCK OFF!
Computers & Software
- USB-C
- keyboard shortcuts
- instant startup
- todo lists
- when copy-paste works between different apps
- cables
- slow wifi
- spinning beach ball
- Windows updates
- creating an account to install driver for your mouse
- "have you tried to reboot?"
- when app logs you out UGHHHH!!!
- SQL & NoSQL
- modern graphics APIs
- captcha tests that make you question if you’re a robot
Design & UI
- serif fonts
- swipe to type
- Google keyboard
- Ukrainian trident
- auto-saves
- visually rich inforgaphic
- DD/MM/YYYY date format
- horizontal scroll
- slow UI animations
- iPhone keyboard
- computer games' UI
- realising you haven't saved after a crash
- forms
- popups
- unskippable tutorials
- user researches
- using a hyphen "-" instead of dash "—"
Sky
- sunsets
- clouds
- stars
- overexposed skies in photos
- 3-day drizzle
- light pollution
Interiors
- tall plants
- big windows
- tables with uneven, natural wood edges
- artificial plants
- fake brick
- glass desks
Mornings
- coffee in silence
- empty streets
- no notifications
- alarm sounds
- cold bathroom tiles
- loud neighbours
Numbers
- 3
- 1
- 1999
- 42
- powers of 2 16, 32, 64, 128, 256
- multiples of 8 24, 40, 72, 120, 200
- 123456
- 17 just too random, hate it
- numeric error codes 404
- roman numerals CDIV
- battery <10%
When
- when you wake up 1 minute before the alarm and feel victorious
- when the code runs on the first try and you're slightly scared
- when the lights turn green right as you reach them
- when you perfectly peel an orange in one go
- when you forget why you walked into the room
- when someone types "haha" and you know they're not laughing
- when your computer fan suddenly gets very serious
- when you about to sneeze but it doesn’t come out
Other
- sleeping late and wasting a day
- being cynical
- unopened packages sitting on your doorstep
- too many browser tabs
- forgetting why you walked into a room (again)